Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Core Text and Analysis (Owinsf, based on Wikileaks, July 2015) WikiLeaks has previously published a large number of secret TiSA Annexes. WikiLeaks’ publication of the present core text for the first time gives the public a picture of the scale and scope of TiSA, and illustrates the overarching legal framework for previously published Annexes. The draft core text dates from April 2015, shortly after the 12th round of TiSA negotiations held from 13-17 April 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland.

A special report by Public Services International (PSI) and Our World is not for Sale (OWINFS) on TISA analyzing the different aspects of TISA and how it would interfere with governments and parliaments right to regulate. (Available in en, fr, de, es, ru)

A new trade proposal is aiming to commodify health care services globally, with higher costs for governments and poorer performance for patients, to the benefit of large health corporations and insurance companies in a USD 6-trillion business.

The following analysis highlights just some of the dangerous provisions in the TISA Annex on Financial Services that will expose the general public again to risky activities by the financial sector. It explains how many of these TISA provisions limit what governments, legislators, regulators and supervisors can do to restrict the financial sector.

Consumers’ protections and privacy are at risk, along with national governments’ sovereignty, at the sole benefit of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) corporations. This is what emerges from the latest leaked document of the Trade In Service Agreement (TISA) negotiations.

A proposal by the US Trade Representative (USTR) dated 25 April 2014 to the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) negotiations has been leaked. It focuses on e-commerce, technology transfer, cross-border data flows and net neutrality.